activity text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year elementary school students, about butiá straw crafts. He is the new gaucho intangible cultural heritage! Shall we know more about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various questions proposed!
You can download this text comprehension activity in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the activity with answers.
Download this text interpretation exercise at:
SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Tradition spans generations for around 150 years and contributes to valuing and conserving this unique palm tree in South America
Crafts using butiá straw have been passed down from mothers to daughters for around 150 years in the coastal municipality of Torres, in Rio Grande do Sul. Its historical, social, economic and ecological attributes have made the tradition the state's newest intangible cultural heritage.
“Symbolic values such as care, creativity, resilience, women’s autonomy, the power of coexistence and the importance of memory, combined with a unique context, give crafts uniqueness and cultural identity”, describes the NGO Instituto Curicaca in a note sent to ((o))echo.
The civil entity, numerous artisans and the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the State (IPHAE) are the main mobilizers of the recognition, approved today (17) by the government of Rio Grande do Sul. This required two decades of work.
The effort rewards the patient braiding of dry palm tree foliage, forming hats, bags, rugs and other objects. Each piece is unique, with contours imposed by the experienced hands of the artists, forged since childhood.
In addition to providing resources for adults to buy clothes and books, crafts have other functions over time: enriches children's games, cradles teenagers' dreams and is also used as therapy and a source of memories by the elderly.
The proposal that made crafts using butiá straw a Gaucho heritage adds measures to enhance and protect the species, including by the Curicaca Institute, State Secretariat of Culture and City Hall of Torres.
Aldem Bourscheit.
Available in:. Published on: August 17, 2023. (With cut).
Question 1 – In “Its historical, social, economic and ecological attributes made tradition the state’s newest intangible cultural heritage.”, which tradition does the text refer to?
Question 2 – In the passage “[…] recognition, chancellor today (17) by the government of Rio Grande do Sul.”, the highlighted term has the same meaning as:
( ) “proposed”.
( ) "approved".
( ) “accompanied”.
Question 3 – In the segment “That required two decades of work.”, the underlined word:
( ) corrects information.
( ) retrieves information.
( ) complements information.
Question 4 – Highlight the word that indicates the sum of the following elements:
“The effort rewards the patient braiding of dry palm tree foliage, forming hats, bags, rugs and other objects.”
Question 5 – The excerpt “Each piece is unique […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 6 – Identify the segment in which the verb has a figurative meaning:
( ) “[…] enriches children’s games […]”
( ) “[…] cradles teenagers’ dreams […]”
( ) “[…] is used as therapy […]”
Question 7 – In the part “The proposal that made crafts using butiá straw a Gaucho heritage adds measures for value and protect the species […]”, the underlined term introduces:
( ) causes.
( ) purposes.
( ) consequences.
Question 8 – The quotation marks highlight a speech in the text:
( ) from the Curicaca Institute.
( ) from Torres City Hall.
( ) of the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the State (IPHAE).
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
